[Talk-ca] Incorrect latitude longitude St. John's NL Canada

Richard Weait richard at weait.com
Wed Sep 9 14:37:20 BST 2009


On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:29 PM, John Townsend<applejak_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm not a member of the wiki.openstreetmap.org but there is a glaring error at:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/St._John's_Newfoundland
>
> which is the following:
> "St. John's is a City in Newfoundland and Labrador Canada at latitude -52.716351, longitude -47.57282."
>
> In fact it looks as though the latitude and longitude might have been transposed and the sign for the latitude should be positive.
> In any event, the latitude CANNOT BE -52°, not to mention the longitude would be WAY off at -47°

Dear John,

Thank you for spotting that.  You are right on all counts.  The values
were transposed, and that latitude was negated.  I've applied your
fixes to the wiki.

Best regards,
Richard




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